New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-13
NAPA WINE MAKERS.
THE VINTAGE IN A CALIFORNIA VALLEY.
IN THE VINEYARDS AND THE wINERIEs-soME
FAMOUS CELLARs-wHY THE VALLEY NAMES
Tile BEST WINE In Tile STATE


trcmity, Calistoga, is picurcsqu, spot a. any Oh
the Coast. But he is generally cloyed with striking
scenery In few days and the arrangcmcW OF Trains
to reach tho Napa Valley Is not such that he can
mako he trip in single day. So h, contents MN
sci with 1aunt to Naps City, the county seat anu
thus loses ali tho finest parts Of tho valley 81
Helena Is tho natural of the great grape grow
Ing section OF the upper Napa Valley and any trip W
Napa which ncglccts this place is incomplete.
This winc-mak ng centre, which IN five years mas
nearly doubled its acreage Of vines and more IMAM
doubled its production of fin winc Is withih oaNS
reach Of san Francisco. by the one may get 10
II In three and half hours. The railroad shir's
the eastern shore of Francisco Bay and lis al
1accnt tributaries until Vallejo Junction Is reachcu' ;
then little frrylOat transports tho tourist 10 IN
historic town Of Vallejo, giving him glimpse OF
FirTagut's old flagship r. she lcs-a diSnahhe"
hulk-at Mare Island Navy Yard. Again taking inc
cars the train speeds through monoonous rcgo" VI
tuc or swamp lands, but soon emerging enters "Io"
the famous Nara Valley. Nothing can cNo''o 10
picurcSqucncss. II Is divd Il from adjoining valleys
by slurs of the :.Ia>r Rangc. L. creates w"'h
not over ten miles, Will gradually narowS IL o"o
travels nothwanl until at 81. Helena 1t Is not over
three nil : broad Tic portion Of The vs'lry tha' i
yea adapted {, the Crap is not NOR than thirty
miles i'll length.
THROUGH THE NAPA VAIL Y.
Yet this portion Of the valley is Guilty. ated almost
as carefully "a a cllhcpt Kitchen gar'n. A. INV
train SPEED, along Vineyards aad orc:a d. may y.
seen either SIDE An almost continuous INV "
pleasant country homes street che~ from Na!" =" ~
lie ena. Every yea sees smaller number oil ""'"
fields and larger Of vineyard aHd oI'L''"
Nothing could Lo more ait active III tbs p'''''
October wcathcr-the InHan summer oi thc i"''
without It's haze and melancholy than the N'eh' VI
tLc.c long OF green vines. stretching V"' "V
tie valley and IN many cases climbing "'" to wv
ton Of tho first series of foot hi l. Then come INC
ap 10 trccs load,d with flut. the English walnut
with Spreading branches and rich. dark cen ""''''
only tho tawuy pasture lands the y'Ho" ioo' n'
and tho clouds Of dust Il at follow tie teams on 'ho
road show that rata has fallen nero io' n'"''
five months. Tho vine lea - arc nearly II "''-"'
a. in June, while the apple tc~ Vie IN if'sh'-T WV"
tho ncar live oak AID the distant REDWOOD III VA"
Vi, ld green that gives great charm 10 "" van
f,rnia Landscape. Very huc can be sad III pan
81 tho architecture Of most 81 III" hou>'- J." -"
valley. hut the cuo'm nous win" &C. ar az" WIN
maxim, house. 1--WE an air 81 sodity and I"unai''
to most ~ these flacc-. and only fine "-i'"'N 49,
needed 10 make II complete The man VINO pants
vlncya-d and builds wine eel al ha' come 10 S''S'
Like tho Californian who put ont an oli'' fio''' Nv
cannot cNlcd 10 see TIE best returns from MS III
,c-tncut short 81 fifteen or twenty years \ W. ''
will sec vines IN thu fullest maturity hut 'h' Ii' "
p generation il not too long io htinI inc WIN '"'
thrv Weld 10 PERFECTION. Hence Ills feature OF INC
Isl
o. oll world pcrmancncc and comfort which r''-e".
a pleasing contrast 10 the crudy aud ma - -"i'
appearance OF 30 many country places }" ms 7''o'
Picturesque lows.
II. Helena. fom which ono may make Nl''N I" WV
leading wine er,N III H." norm chh Z" 'h' N@''
is a frctty town 81 1000 people, WAN N'"'' WV"
tpar,d,u,ilrd streets. large raldcns aid a e'n'iA
az, ca anco Of wealth and comfort. Many &" Wv
hand-onic.t lIac.a ara tie summer re-idno' oi ian
rrauc.c,us who dc-Irc to escape from th" f'es ana
cold wind. Of tho summer months IA tho city ~ tbs
Golden Gate Tor California town an u"usu"
number Of hou-r- are butt If stone oil "'''''
In, co'r, which j. quared n'a' n.y. Inc ,1,,,r
GoIi,cc Of which ads much TO tho beauty 81 ihc
rc ,,i,r, adobe house witch d.turc Sonoma
and other towns long posed ~ 'h' ''.'n w.,
,rr,,,atcd cottages with roses AID climbing plant,
instead OF the ramdy holy hoc" when n ''o '"'"'
flower Of the Mexican
1IurrCfo pAnroTG's COrNIEr-sfN.
u t. dnjcfllt 10 ten where the town cnd' ana VI"
,, H. l.r,n Per avs the nearest vineyard I" town l-
rat ~ rliircn rltroit. The son ~ famous HiH'''
are Ian err ~ san Francisco Mr. ia r"'i ms 'p'"'
u,uch Of his NE abroad Nhii' in France anu VT
many hc made a close study = Nl'uh"'' ""' WV"
me r,turncd 10 Calfo mia Lc chose for bis country
,ouo I'm. uplcr pat Of The Naia valley "h''h N'
,ni,1 combined al The a!.autagc- With non" "i Inc
d..,,,, Of tic famous foreign wine districts. - D..
fourlt a tract 81 - - acres WITHIN 'h' 'lN ""'' "
- Helena. which ha! iccn somewhat lhi"" '''' '''
49,, al.olt ma Ing model vineyard Ih' I"i" j. '''
OF ON tie valley above - I''''"' ~
,,ou,,,i, sour which with the rans' up '''' H.
,.. . na,ufai amiIithcatrc. CA tHc hI-hr-' point
- this induced tIa,c. which j. suhi"d from al
harsh winds saud- Mr. pa1oii- house one u '''
r.ct,t.-t country villa, ~ Ga I'ornta. The I'"'I
story L. huit II white stone, puaii.'d nom NO."
boring HIT. with trimmings OF H'' ''''l '"'
hans. (. In Queen Anne style VI IA a hr'"' NcI"i'''
one IA
Xan, yaicv unth the horizon mcls INTO the p"P'
hul, beyond san Pablo Bay. About the ""S P"'"
csoue feature IN the Valley hidden rom 'm' I""'
j. Howell Mountain. a -quafci"pi'' p'h' III" "
guard over the uoIthc u extremity bn' tm7 may J"
readily SHARED for the sake Of the tnl"b "n'h''"
.,cct All hat nmi f. wealth and rae good
atr can do 10 cmhcllish country place ha- Dec"
,,,pe here Tho fan aim and the Orange atcih'''
along the drive that lead to III" Ao'S' "h''' N'"'
~ varieties Of rusr- bloom for nine months III NV
wear and make the ar LcA.y with their 'V'''n'-''
Nam young olive trees show their siNery g'''h
,''',',o and rive promise u great beauty IN few
,rs Cranes ~ rare foreign varici"- alr rN'N
;S,,'r,c ON The high hills 10 the west 81 iir h"u"
tn the summit. aud strange a u nay ,'in ."' mo
~ w arc mad, nom thc.c GRAPES that gro" Oh III"
very crest Of the mountain
TIE MOVIE OF TnE VINE
A., p,rr.tt IL a firm believer IN the g''M f"t"'""
-, IN, I'M vncrard- 81 Napa Comfy. The W"n"'-
,, IN ,hc hI l. not over two or three tons per a'r''
lie five or six tons IL the avcIag yield In the NaN'
INT he wine makers coming To sce INC superior
nv of the LII grapes, and this year they arc '''
a ~ more per ton than tho-" grown In inc Vary.
vr pa,ot'- vineyard comprises 100 acres ah pan''"
IN clycc vine glap's. The Oldest vines arc 'p"r N"
of ago that he can bc sad 10 haze Oily '''',N " 7
III Ia. made ltflc wine yet, having devoted hm"l'
mainly 10 experiments f. testing the capacity 81 INV
.u t,r certain Elo gn varieties He believes th"'
this soil larg ,ly made up Of volcanic rlans y w"
tined 10 prWluc" wine equal TO the ~-' nao al
Eufopc. lie declares that The dlslIi'' 'o'u'' ~
49,. ic.t feature. of the McdOc and BnIguhuN w
I,r,ucc and tn" Rhine gau of Germany. ,'".i'
where one Is struck with the peculiar les nl Wv t
la. and other volcanic products. While mlN"i ~,
this may be found bouliers llicd WIN Io''s, mn